Choose only 1 primary track for your proposal.
1. Direct Practice:
Individuals, Couples, Families and Children
Presentations
in this track may focus on (but are not limited to): clinical social work, case
management and social work non-clinical practice, residential and
community-based care, private
practice, school social work, medical social work, family systems,
diagnosis/assessment, new approaches to treatment,
etc.
2. Human Development,
Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment
Presentations
in this track may focus on (but
are not limited to): integration of faith and practice as
it applies to human development and behavior across
the lifespan; spiritual competency; and practice and research with
people with disabilities, the GLBT community, and other groups, etc.
3. Direct Practice: Groups and
Communities
Presentations in this track may focus on (but
are not limited to):
community organizing; assets-based community development
and community-oriented interventions; advocacy; international social
work; issues of poverty; group social work, etc.
4.
Administration and Work with Organizations
Presentations in this track may focus on (but are not limited to): management and leadership of organizations; organizational culture; grant writing program development; staff issues; budgeting; organizational policy-making; staff training and development, etc.
5.
Public Administration and Policy
Presentations in this track may focus on (but are not limited to):
social
policy; government funding issues; economic issues; social justice; social change theory; church and denominational policy and politics,
etc.
6. Professional
Relationships, Values and Ethics
Presentations in this track may focus on (but are not limited to): social work ethics; the impact of
social workers' faith on their work; nurturing social workers’
faith and character formation; boundary issues; dual relationships; social work
supervision, etc.
7. Social Work Education
Presentations in this track may
focus on (but are not limited
to): strategies and illustrations related to integrating faith and
spirituality in the social work curriculum; CSWE accreditation issues; examples
of spiritually and religiously sensitive educational polices and
practices related to social work students and faculty; faith-related
issues with students in field placements, etc.
8.
Social Work
Research
Presentations in this track may focus on (but are not limited to):
methodological
issues in research on religion and spirituality in social work practice,
practical reports of dilemmas and difficulties in research as well as
proposals for resolving these challenges, partnerships in conducting
research, and identifying and working with research funding sources,
etc.
9. Technology & Social Work
Presentations in this track
may focus on (but are not limited to): innovative ways
Christians in social work are using technology to enhance social work
education and practice, the use of social networking to expand
communication with clients, colleagues and supervisors, the use of
technology to deliver social work curriculum and interact with students,
and strategies for using distance
learning approaches to facilitate continuing education, etc.
10.
Student-Focused
Presentations in this track
may focus on (but are not limited to): a) presentations by BSW
and MSW students reporting on research projects or conceptual papers
from their social work programs; b) presentations for BSW, MSW, and Ph.D. students such as how to choose an area of
social work practice, preparing for graduate school and/or a first
social work setting, etc.
11. Research and Practice with Ethnically Diverse Populations
Presentations in this track may focus on but are not limited to research and practice approaches related to communities of color and their expressions of faith and spirituality, the intersection of race and spirituality in the context of clients' lives, and navigating complex issues of religion/spirituality for people of color in the treatment process, etc.
12.
Faith & Justice
Presentations in this track may focus on (but are not limited to) the intersection of faith and justice in issues such as: racial equality and justice; empowerment of women and girls and other gender issues; LGBTQ issues; creation care and environmental stewardship; immigration issues; poverty, income disparity, and living wage issues, peace and nonviolence, etc.
13.
The
Intersection of Faith and Political Social Work (New
Track)
Presentations in this track
will explore the intersections of
Christianity, social work practice and politics related
to: diversity, ethics, social welfare history, social
welfare policy, social work education, human behavior,
social justice, macro practice, political movements,
elections and contemporary issues.
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